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On October 13, 2026, Ripple and Privy, a Stripe company, shifted the focus of agentic commerce downward. By embedding programmable wallet infrastructure directly into the XRP Ledger (XRPL), they have …
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Tessa Vaughn (via Forkast)
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10/14/26
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StepFun’s Step-5 Preview listing prices cache reads at $0.05 per million tokens. On the same axis, Meta’s Muse Wonder charges $0.20, and Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.5 charges $0.20 on its …
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Lena Park (via Forkast)
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10/14/26
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Outage of terminals managed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX comes as Russia launches ballistic missiles at Ukraine without any advance warning from USUkrainian soldiers in combat have suddenly had their …
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Andrew Roth in Kyiv (via Guardian)
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10/14/26
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The J&K government has suspended Abdul Latief Banday, a teacher in Grade II, following his arrest in connection with the case of a minor tribal girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted and later …
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Via IB Times
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10/14/26
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Strong winds are set to hit parts of north-west Scotland on Wednesday, with forecasters warning of disruption to travel and possible power cuts.
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/14/26
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A proposal to introduce coordinated themes for Friday sermons at mosques and shrines across Jammu and Kashmir has triggered controversy with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti …
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Via IB Times
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10/14/26
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A 150-year-old painting of Dryburgh Suspension Bridge and the River Tweed offers an insight into the Scottish Borders landmark shortly after it was built in the 1870s
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/14/26
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A study of 849 UK bank branches found more than one in five had Google ratings below three stars. See which branches scored lowest and what customers liked best
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/14/26
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St Monans Auld Kirk in Fife is one of the oldest surviving medieval churches in Scotland still standing today
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/14/26
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Amex's "Proof of Intent" token is the sixth definition of "agentic checkout" and the first from the issuer side. It moves the evidence issuers hold, not the merchant-of-record loss default.
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Tessa Vaughn (via Forkast)
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10/13/26
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A Scottish city developer and builder has been placed into administration.
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/13/26
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A report warns the UK could lose £10.8bn in economic value and thousands of jobs if ministers fail to approve the Rosebank and Jackdaw North Sea projects, as Oxfam Scotland dismisses the findings.
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/13/26
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DXC's OASIS release prints the services-to-agents wave's first outcome figures: 95% faster resolution across 500 measured use cases, validated against DXC's own senior engineers, with no customers, …
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Dana Ellison (via Forkast)
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10/13/26
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The Verge reports Shopify is opening its catalog to shopper-configured agents with budget rules and per-purchase approval. The merchant-of-record loss default behind the widening door is unchanged.
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Dana Ellison (via Forkast)
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10/13/26
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Anger at electoral roll changes has boiled over, sparking a crisis for Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist governmentBorn into a small village in West Bengal, Shahida Fakir had always taken her vote …
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Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Shaikh Azizur Rahman (via Guardian)
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10/13/26
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Siam Amazing Park was forced to close after rising water damaged rides and left parts of the park inaccessibleWith its mouth agape, the giant lion’s head is frozen in a roar. No water rushes down …
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Oliver Holmes in Bangkok. Photography: Chanakarn Laosarakham (via Guardian)
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10/13/26
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FSB security agency said reporter was arrested on island of Sakhalin, alleging he was collecting information about Russia’s defencesRussia has arrested a Japanese journalist on the far east island …
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Justin McCurry in Tokyo (via Guardian)
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10/13/26
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Recruiting report prepared for Raiders’ 2024 searchLawyers say assessment contains racial stereotypesFlores sued NFL over discriminatory hiring in 2022A recently unsealed recruiting report on Brian …
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Associated Press (via Guardian)
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10/13/26
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Glasgow-based Nami Surgical has secured £3.4m in funding, including £2m from the Scottish National Investment Bank, to advance its robotic surgery technology and create five jobs.
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/13/26
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AI dominates the translation business, but for high-stakes work, humans are still needed.
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Via BBC News - Technology
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10/13/26
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